rooting

Example Sentences

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“There was a guy sitting next to me rooting for the wrong team,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026

"Some of us aren't just trying to attend a concert. We're trying to finally see the seven people we've been rooting for for years."

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2026

Perhaps that’s why he’s confident enough to be rooting for anarchy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

You might have been rooting for J.D. from Hillbilly Elegy, happy that religion had provided him with the comfort and stability he never got in his childhood.

From Slate • Jun. 18, 2026

Then there was the heavier rooting around of an armadillo, stupid and awkward in its heavy armor.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez